Wet weekend weather ahead for Delmarva

The national weather forecast for Friday, Jan. 20 calls for rain on the West Coast, snow in the Rockies, cool and wet weather in the Mid-Atlantic for the Inauguration, and rain and showers in the Great Lakes and along the Gulf Coast.
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"Right now, the details are still beyond our scope," said Jonathan McGee, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wakefield, Virginia. "It does look like we are going to get some decent rain Sunday into Monday."

McGee added there is no chance of snow from this system because the temperatures will not get low enough.

There is an 80 percent chance of rain on Sunday and a 90 percent chance of rain Sunday night and Monday with a 70 percent chance of rain Monday night in Sussex County. Three quarters to half an inch of rain is expected Sunday and Sunday night with winds between 7 and 14 mph.

Temperatures will be in the high 50s on Sunday and low 50s on Monday, according to the weather service.

The forecast for Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties for Sunday through Monday called for an 80 percent chance of rain Sunday through Monday and a 60 percent chance of rain Monday night. Temperatures will be in the mid to high 50s on Sunday and Monday.

Half to three quarters of an inch is expected on Sunday and a quarter to a half an inch is expected Sunday night. Winds will be between 6 and 11 mph on Sunday, according to the weather service.

In Accomack and Northampton counties, there is an 80 percent chance of rain on Sunday and Sunday night and a 70 percent chance of rain on Monday. Half to three quarters of an inch of rain is expected Sunday and a quarter to a half an inch of rain is expected Sunday night.

Temperatures will be in the mid to high 50s on Sunday and Monday with winds between 7 and 14 mph on Sunday, according to the weather service.